Rice helmet stickers: Seniors rise to occasion in win over Tulane

• Tyler Smith: Smith ran for 145 yards and two touchdowns. He was at his best late in the game, rushing for 55 yards on the Owls’ final touchdown drive. For the game, Smith had 186 of the Owls’ 237 yards total offense.

• Scott Solomon: Solomon had two sacks to give him 24 for his career, moving into a tie with Brandon Green (1999-2002) for the school’s career record.

Chris Boswell: Boswell hit a career-long 54-yard field goal and a 51-yarder – both into the wind. The 54-yarder matched the third-longest in school history. Boswell has 16 field goals this season, one shy of matching James Hamrick’s school record 17 set in 1985.

• Cameron Nwosu: With eight tackles, Nwosu increased his season total to 102, becoming the first Rice linebacker with at least 100 since Brian Raines in 2007.

• Kyle Martens: Martens averaged 46 yards on six punts against Tulane and had two downed inside the 10-yard line. He moved into second on the school’s all-time list in punt yardage with 9,517 yards.

• Justin Allen: Allen had a team-high nine tackles and two tackles for loss, including a third-down stop on Tulane’s next-to-last drive that sealed the game for the Owls.

• Xavier Webb: Webb, among 25 seniors honored before the game, recorded his first career interception in the second quarter.

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Smith has been the most consistently explosive back for the Owls for the last two seasons. And he’s finally getting the most reps and showing what a feature back can do. Hopefully he can get to 1000 yards next week as the Owls romp over the Mustangs.

I’m no expert, but I agree with your comments. If Rice had a better o-line and Tyler Smith had been “the guy” from day 1 this year, he would have easily racked up 1500+ yards. He’s averaging almost 6 yards a carry and no opponent has really stopped him.